David Nangle has admitted to illegally using campaign funds to pay for his personal expenses. Prosecutors said Nangle defrauded a bank to get loans to purchase his home and repay personal debts. Nangle allegedly used campaign funds to pay for thousands of dollars in Lowell Golf Club dues, rental cars to drive to casinos, flowers for his girlfriend and restaurant bills. Nangle officially pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, four counts of making false statements to a bank and five counts of filing false tax returns, prosecutors said.
Attorney Andrew Lelling announced. The year-old Nangle has served in the House since , representing the 17th Middlesex District.
He pleaded not guilty to 28 counts in federal court and refused to answer questions from reporters after being released. Nangle is facing 28 indictments including wire fraud, bank fraud and false tax filings. The US Attorney says the fraud dates back to wbz wbz pic.
Prosecutors also detailed how exactly Nangle used his campaign funds to pay for a golf club membership, which he categorized as "Campaign Volunteers Appreciation," and charged the green fees and member dues as "fundraiser catering. Nangle, also according to the indictment, used cars rented with money from his campaign account to travel to casinos all over New England, from New Hampshire to Connecticut. While applying for a bank loan, prosecutors say he committed bank fraud, by not listing or omitting the truth for not paying his debts, in one letter "falsely blamed his bad credit on his ex-wife, claiming that he had loaned her the money, which she did not pay back in a timely fashion, when in truth and fact, Nangle had spent thousands of dollars at NH Casinos 1 and 2, the RI Casino and CT Casino 2.
While filing faulty taxes, prosecutors allege that Nangle wrangled in a part-time state employee to help him, and when the person refused to submit the false tax returns, Nangle pushed the button and said that he would "take the blame if anything happens. In addition, Nangle filed fraudulent deductions, prosecutors said, giving one example of Nangle driving 47, miles for the consulting company in one year, which prosecutors determined that he would have to drive miles per day for 7 days per week for the entire year.
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